Brad Laner, yes ?

hometapes: THE FOURTH DAY OF HOMETAPES… DOWNLOAD: Brad Laner...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:54:05 -0500

THE FOURTH DAY OF HOMETAPES…

DOWNLOAD:

Brad Laner “It’s Christmas (But I Don’t Care)”

Brad’s Favorite Record of 2009:

“Dirty Projectors ‘Bitte Orca’ (but reading interviews with the main dude nearly ruined it for me).”

Brad’s Favorite Movie of 2009:

“Up”

Brad’s Favorite Discovery of 2009:

“My new WiFi streaming Netflix/Youtube/blu-ray box. I’ll never leave the house again.” *

Brad’s Favorite Show of 2009 (Played or Attended):

“Pattern is Movement at the El Rey Theater here in Los Angeles.”

Brad’s Favorite Moment of 2009:

“My son starting Kindergarten at a truly amazing local charter school. ‘No child left behind’ can eat it.”

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Learn more about Brad Laner, including his landmark album Neighbor Singing, here. Hometapes will release Natural Selections, Brad’s new album, in 2010.

* Check out this LA Times article about Brad and his house, which we would also not leave. Even if it were just equipped with a Betamax and an ice chest.

The Los Angeles Times enjoys my abode and so can you.

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:32:18 -0400

The Los Angeles Times enjoys my abode and so can you.

Recorded spontaneously in a small studio in Thessaloniki...

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:00:14 -0400

Recorded spontaneously in a small studio in Thessaloniki ,northern Greece (save the live track from Nuremberg 2 weeks previous) in the fall of ‘88.
21 year old me on the drum kit.

“One of the most original bands to come out of Los Angeles during those fervent years was Savage Republic, led by guitarist Bruce Licher. Tragic Figures (1982) introduced a psychedelic and industrial music that was mostly instrumental and percussive, inducing trance and fear. The EP Trudge (1985) incorporated more explicitly elements of world-music. The atmospheric Ceremonial (1985) and Jamahiriya (1988), featuring new member Brad Laner, perfected their synthesis of psychedelic drones, middle-eastern cantillation and tribal rhythms. By the time of Customs (1989), their last album and their masterpiece, they had coined a musical language of extreme tension, instrumental subtlety and exotic appeal. “- Scaruffi

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The Spirit About Music by Julian Laner

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:43:00 -0400

The Spirit About Music by Julian Laner

If you’re checking in here to find out about my new album...

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:44:00 -0400

If you’re checking in here to find out about my new album “Natural Selections” which was announced as being released last week, I’m sorry to say that it wasn’t actually released and I have no idea at this point when it will be.

Sun illuminating the smoke filled sky over Granada Hills

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:19:12 -0400

Sun illuminating the smoke filled sky over Granada Hills

The view from my pad today.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:49:32 -0400

The view from my pad today.

American Recordings finally put up the Medicine LPs on...

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:26:00 -0400

American Recordings finally put up the Medicine LPs on iTunes.

Random censorship note : One would be forgiven for thinking that we had a song entitled “Shit” on our 2nd LP.

Click on the cover (love that sticker) to enjoy From the...

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:10:00 -0400

Click on the cover (love that sticker) to enjoy

From the Electrical Audio site :

The main body of this group was Chris Pitman (who, back then, was a session guy, I think. Nowadays he’s the keyboard player for Guns and Roses) and Paul D’Amour (who’d recently left Tool). Special guest through most of the album was my hero, Brad Laner. It’s pretty much pop/psych/prog that’s very distinctly 90’s-Los Angeles-sounding as well. They made the album, put it out, didn’t tour, got nominated for a grammy (for packaging,) didn’t win, and that was that. I dearly love this record, and if anybody could tell me how exactly a sound like the solo in “Hotel Family Affair” is made, I’d greatly appreciate it.

(it was my trusty old Eventide H3000)

Video

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:37:55 -0400

Here's a sad tale that somehow intersects with my old band Medicine. The rejected video Pete made for us is embedded below.

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:13:17 -0400

Here's a sad tale that somehow intersects with my old band Medicine. The rejected video Pete made for us is embedded below.

Video

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:10:08 -0400

a forgotten song from 2003 that I found yesterday on an old HD

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:53:48 -0400

a forgotten song from 2003 that I found yesterday on an old HD

good video by Josh

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:39:00 -0400

good video by Josh

bad video by Brad

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:41:00 -0400

bad video by Brad

Those old Wolfgang Dauner records have been my personal...

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:56:00 -0400

Those old Wolfgang Dauner records have been my personal soundtrack for the last few days. Thanks as always to Mutant Sounds.

Three Day Stubble at the Anticlub, Los Angeles in 1985....

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:08:00 -0400

Three Day Stubble at the Anticlub, Los Angeles in 1985. That’s 18 year old me on the right.

Toy camera is good.

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:53:56 -0400

Toy camera is good.

Sara’s depiction of the day’s events. On styrofoam.

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:52:19 -0400

Sara’s depiction of the day’s events. On styrofoam.

in my hills of Granada by Adam & Sara Hometapes

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:31:56 -0400

in my hills of Granada by Adam & Sara Hometapes